Dagenham

English

Etymology

First appeared in a document (as Dæccanhaam) in a charter of Barking Abbey dating from 666 AD. The name almost certainly originated with a small farmstead, the "ham" or farm of a man called Daecca.

Proper noun

Dagenham

1. A large suburb in eastern London, England.

Derived terms

• Barking and Dagenham
• three stops short of Dagenham